.TH db.dropdb 1grass "" "GRASS 7.8.5" "GRASS GIS User's Manual"
.SH NAME
\fI\fBdb.dropdb\fR\fR  \- Removes an existing database.
.SH KEYWORDS
database, attribute table, SQL
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdb.dropdb\fR
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\fBdb.dropdb \-\-help\fR
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\fBdb.dropdb\fR \fBdriver\fR=\fIname\fR \fBdatabase\fR=\fIname\fR  [\-\-\fBhelp\fR]  [\-\-\fBverbose\fR]  [\-\-\fBquiet\fR]  [\-\-\fBui\fR]
.SS Flags:
.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4m
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Print usage summary
.IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fR" 4m
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Verbose module output
.IP "\fB\-\-quiet\fR" 4m
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Quiet module output
.IP "\fB\-\-ui\fR" 4m
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Force launching GUI dialog
.SS Parameters:
.IP "\fBdriver\fR=\fIname\fR \fB[required]\fR" 4m
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Name of database driver
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Options: \fIdbf, mysql, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite\fR
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Default: \fIsqlite\fR
.IP "\fBdatabase\fR=\fIname\fR \fB[required]\fR" 4m
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Name of database
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIdb.dropdb\fR removes an existing database using given database
\fBdriver\fR. Currently only SQLite
and PostgreSQL database drivers are
supported.
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS Drop (delete) an existing database connected through SQLite driver
Note that the standard GRASS GIS SQLite database is by default
found in the user\(cqs current mapset. This example shows an
out\-of\-mapset database removal:
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.nf
\fC
db.dropdb driver=sqlite database=/opt/sqlite.db
\fR
.fi
.SS Drop an existing database connected through PostgreSQL driver
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.nf
\fC
db.dropdb driver=pg database=grassdb
\fR
.fi
.SH TODO
Support other database drivers, too.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fI
db.createdb,
db.describe,
db.droptable,
db.execute,
db.login,
db.tables
\fR
.PP
GRASS SQL interface
.SH AUTHORS
Radim Blazek, ITC\-Irst, Trento, Italy
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SQLite and PostgreSQL support by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
.SH SOURCE CODE
.PP
Available at: db.dropdb source code (history)
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